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Thankyou for purchasing the Poetry Power Pack. We hope it is of great
use to you and your students in introducing a world of poetry and builds a
lifelong appreciation of this fun area of literacy.
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Using this tool effectively
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The Poetry Power Pack is designed to be used by teachers and
students.
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In a one hour writing session it would be expected that two styles of
poetry could be explored, dissected, drafted and published.
However, work at a pace which best suits your students and needs.
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Slide 5 is the ‘home page’ of the Poetry Power Pack and can be
accessed by clicking on the home button on the top right of every
slide.
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Ideally, each style should be modelled to students before they are
given the chance to create their own.
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Provide students access to the Poetry Assessment Rubric on slide 6
before undertaking publishing.
Navigating the Power Pack
Each page is broken into various sections. Take a moment to familiarise yourself with these.
Return to
Poetry Home page
Key Points about
style of poetry
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poem being read aloud.
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about this style of poetry
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Poetry Example
Styles of Poetry
Poetry Assessment Rubric
Criteria
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2
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Ideas and content
Focuses on an idea, feeling or
experience. Uses specific,
concrete images. May
include poetic sound devices
Exceptional focus of an idea,
feeling or
experience. Exceptional use of
images. Includes many
examples poetic sound devices
Adequate focus of an idea,
feeling or experience. Adequate
use of images. Includes some
examples poetic sound devices
Inadequate focus of an idea,
feeling or experience. Adequate
use of images. Includes no
examples poetic sound devices
Uses a large variety of varying
sentence lengths and structure.
Uses some variety of varying
sentence lengths and structure.
Uses no variety of varying
sentence lengths and structure.
Uses an exceptional logical and
effective organizational strategy.
Uses an adequate logical and
effective organizational strategy.
Uses an inadequate
organizational strategy.
Uses an exceptional and unique
writing style. Writes exceptionally
honest, as if the reader were
right there. Writes with
exceptional confidence and
enthusiasm.
Uses an adequate writing style.
Writes somewhat honestly, as if
the reader were right
there. Writes with a standard
amount of with confidence and
enthusiasm.
Uses an inadequate writing
style. Does not make the reader
feel a part of the text. Writes with
minimal confidence and
enthusiasm.
Text contains only a minimal
amount of errors
Text contains several errors.
Text contains numerous errors.
Sentence Fluency
Uses lines of varying lengths
and a variety of sentence
structures
Organization
Uses a logical, effective
organizational strategy.
Voice
Uses own unique style. Writes
honestly, as if the reader were
right there. Writes with
confidence and enthusiasm.
Mechanics
Grammar
Spelling
Punctuation
Capitalization
Acrostic Poetry
In an Acrostic Poem the first, last
or other letters of each line spells
a word or phrase related to your
Keyword.
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The keyword is written vertically
in bold or colored letters.
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Try to use lots of adjectives and
verbs
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Horizontal words do not always
have to start with the first letter
of the vertical word you can
use any letter from the word.
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The Carousel
Contagious,
Abiding charm,
Riding around,
Oblivious of all,
Under the carousel
Smiling broad,
Excitement
Lasting forever.
Ballads
Ballads most frequently deal with folk-lore, love or popular legends, They are written in
simple verse, with minimal detail. Ballads contain emotive language inspiring imagery
and tell a story.
There are no set rules for writing a
ballad but most commonly….
The first stanza is the most important as
it introduces the story.
Ballads consist of four line stanzas.
Ballads can use any rhyming pattern.
Our example uses
AABB-CCDD-EEDD-FFGG-HHII
Ballads are usually written in first
person and focus on a single moment
or event.
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The Turkey
As I walked along the road one day
Kicking up stones along the way,
I saw a bird of unusual size
Who had a large beak and small, beady eyes.
He strutted about and ruffled his wings
Then he did the most ominous thing.
He let out a screech and puffed out his chest
I wanted to run from this evil pest.
As this bird's mighty exterior did appear
The inside of my chest was filled with fear.
He put one talon forward, the other one next
This troublesome bird was making me vexed.
I then did something that was a great chance.
I kicked a stone at him to stop his advance.
He then chased the stone, oh joy of great joys!
I felt myself one of the luckiest boys!
Around the corner I ran, straight to my home,
Leaving that bird confused and alone.
Don't befriend a turkey (for that's what he was)
Or he will attack you simply because.
Clerihew
A Clerihew is a light hearted
poem consisting of two couplets
and a specific rhyming scheme
of AABB.
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A clerihew usually deals with
a person or character within
the first line.
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Clerihews have frequently
been used to mock famous
people such as politicians
and celebrities.
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As a class start with a familiar
character such as Harry
Potter and compare efforts.
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Zachary
Zachary is my grandson
with whom I have much fun.
He loves to laugh and smile
his face stretches for a mile
Diamante Style
A Diamante is a seven-lined contrast poem laid out in a diamond shape. It is
highly structured and simple to understand.
Line 1: Noun or subject
Line 2: Two Adjectives
Line 3: Three -ing words
Line 4: Four words about the subject
Line 5: Three -ing words
Line 6: Two adjectives
Line 7: Synonym/antonym for the subject
Weather
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Epitaph
An epitaph is a brief poem inscribed
on a tombstone praising a deceased
person, usually with rhyming lines.
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Epitaph’s are usually written in a
light hearted manner but they can
be serious if need be.
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Epitaphs have a simple rhyming
pattern of AABB
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Epitaphs can be used to teach us
a lesson for example why we
shouldn’t eat candy too often.
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Here lies a man named Buck
he just ran plum out of luck.
He's buried here in the ground
Now ya know where he be found
Haiku
Haiku is an unrhymed Japanese style of poetry which follows a structure.
Haiku consists of 3 lines
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Line 1 has 5 syllables
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Line 2 has 7 syllables
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Line 3 has 5 syllables
The Monsoon
wrath of the monsoon
lightning displays with heavy winds
here fast, gone faster
Haiku is written in the present tense
and frequently focus on nature. It
often references the seasons.
Haiku emphasises fine details to build
a connection with the audience
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Free Verse
Free Verse is a form of
poetry free of traditional
rules of versification,
rhyme, meter or length.
In moving from line to
line, the poet's main
consideration is where
to insert line breaks.
Some ways of doing this
include breaking where
there is a natural pause
or at a point of suspense
for the reader.
The only rule to
remember with free
verse is that there are no
rules…
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Late on a cool fall night
while sitting on the river bank
I noticed how the ripples
cast a different texture to the setting sun
The colours of the sky
just right for this season
Red, orange, yellow, purple even a tinge of blue
The river seems to mix them
like a kaleidoscope
Seems there is no end to beauty
as this endless array goes on and on
Then the distant sound of the frogs and crickets
keeping time to this dancing spectacular
Then my heart goes quiet my pulse slows down
I lay back to thank my maker
Irish Limerick
A Limerick is a rhyming
humorous or nonsense poem
of five lines.
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It has a rhyming pattern of
AABBA
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Lines 1, 2 & 5 should
contain 7 – 10 syllables
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Lines 3 & 4 should have 5
– 7 syllables
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Limericks frequently start
with “there once was a…”
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I love ta see the morning sun
that's how I tell the days begun.
Birds all singing a happy song
it tis the place where I belong.
Far from school without the nun.
Monody
A monody is a poem in which a
person lamenting the loss of
someone or something.
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There are no set rules for
constructing a monody, but...
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Monody’s generally consist of
four stanzas.
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Monody’s follow a simple
rhyming pattern of
ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH
CAN YOU GUESS WHAT THIS MONODY IS
ABOUT?
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Of the seas she'd not sail again
An iceberg struck the port side
A maiden journey did restrain
Beneath the brine's deepest bide
Her deck wouldst ne'er glimmer afloat
Fathoms consumed the hull
Of a crossing she could not gloat
Her sinking bought a long lull
Whence departing Southampton dock
There ‘twas a seafaring pride
Her voyage fast turned to shock
O'er the Atlantic's risky ride
A sad maritime tale is told
Of the Titanic going down
She'd not reach New York's safe hold
Her bow did pitilessly drown
Monorhyme
Monorhyme is a poem in
which the end of all lines
rhyme.
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There are no rules as
to how long or short a
monorhyme should
be. Stanzas are not
used in monorhyme
poetry.
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This is a great starting
point for developing
rhyming skills.
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Words ending in Air,
Ate, it, Ing &Oh have
many rhyming words.
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My Dream
I was sitting in my chair
wanting to become a millionaire
It won't happen I'm well aware
but I still think its very unfair
I have even said a little prayer
but I don't have that special flair
And my bodies in great despair
I think I look more like a pear
But at least I still have my hair
and a table to play solitaire
The Ode
An Ode is a poem praising
and glorifying a person,
place or thing.
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Odes are generally quite
lengthy.
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Odes focus on the many
nuances of a single
thing.
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Odes commonly rhyme
but it is a matter of
choice.
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Only write an ode about
something you are
passionate about.
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BLACK
In darkness, beauty ebony rises, envelops all.
Cold, warm nothing.
Infinite pools holding infinite thoughts, deep and
hidden.
Blackness is the only one with the power to hold
memories, to induce forgetfulness.
Every person has two caches of blackness. They
are your eyes.
You see with black holes, pools, wells of meaning,
meaninglessness.
Black means print on paper, pupils, emptiness,
nothing.
But black has turned bitter. The world believes
black is a horrible color.
Black hearts are full of cruelty.
Black cats bring bad luck.
But black is beautiful.
Black is eternal.
Palindromes
A palindrome or shadow poem
reads identical both forwards or
backwards.
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You must use the same words
in the first half of the poem as
the second half
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Reverse the order for the
second half
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Use a well considered word in
the middle line as a bridge
from the first half to the
second half of the poem
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Pantoum
A pantoum is a poem of French and Malaysian heritage with a set pattern to be
followed. It is an organized jumble of 8 non rhyming lines as structured below.
Begin by writing 4 original
lines:
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
When I was seven
My family was evacuated
We rode a bus
To Manzanar.
Repeat lines 2 & 4, use lines
5 & 6 to expand ideas
introduced in lines 2 & 4
(2) My family was evacuated.
(5) Only forty-eight hours to prepare, then
(4) To Manzanar.
(6) We rode in shock, but together
Repeat lines 5 & 6, use
lines 7 & 8 to expand ideas
mentioned in lines 5 & 6
(5) Only forty-eight hours to prepare.
(7) Mama, stressed and frustrated, broke all the dishes
(6) We rode in shock, but together.
(8) Together, except for Papa.
Finally, repeat lines 1, 3, 7
and 8 in this order:
(7) Mama, stressed and frustrated, broke all the dishes
(3) We rode a bus
(8) Together, except for Papa.
(1) When I was seven.
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Quatrains
A Quatrain is a four line poem alternating in rhyme to one of the four
patterns demonstrated below. You can join quatrains together of the
same or differing patterns to meet your needs as a single poem also.
I like to dribble the ball I like to play by the sea
Basketball isn’t boring
When I go out to play
It’s very fun for me
Dribbling Shooting Scoring
Its better than a doll
The waves are such fun
The only way to play
Is winning all the way
On a sunny day in May The sea is the spot for me
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Roses are red
Violets are blue
But most of all
I love you
Shape & Concrete Poetry
Poetry takes on many forms. An artistic
expression is for your poem to adopt the
shape of its subject.
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Shape poems are either an outline or fill
the space within an outline. Poetry within
a space is also known as concrete poetry.
► Any style of poetry or
writing can be applied.
► Start with an easy
shape and change
your text size for best fit.
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Shakespearean Sonnet
A sonnet is a lyrical poem. There are two classifications of sonnet; The English
and the Italian. The English or ‘Shakespearean’ sonnet is explained here.
• English sonnets are14 lines in length
• They are broken into 3 x 4 line
stanzas and a 2 line closing stanza.
• The rhyming scheme is:
abab
cdcd
efef
gg
• Sonnets are a complex style
poetry. It would be
recommended to refine other
styles of poetry before
attempting sonnets.
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Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer’s lease hath all too short a date:
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimmed,
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance, or nature’s changing course untrimmed:
But thy eternal summer shall not fade,
Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow’st,
Nor shall death brag thou wand’rest in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou grow’st,
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.
Tongue Twisters
Tongue Twisters are made up of lines that are hard to say fast. In
other words, the poem ties your tongue into knots. Tongue twisters
generally make no sense and are just fun.
• Use the letters S,
T, M & N
frequently as
these are
difficult to
repeat quickly.
Steaming sands simmer, standing in some sun
like silver sea shell stands selling by the sea shore
while sleek slithering snakes successfully scramble
making melted matted monkey muscle money
► Be silly, creative
and have fun.
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Villanelle
A Villanelle is a structured 19
line poem consisting of a
specific rhyming scheme.
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aba aba aba aba aba
abaa.
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The first and the third lines
of the first stanza are
repeated in alternating
order throughout the
poem.
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They appear together in
the last two lines.
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Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
And you, my father, there on the sad height,
Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Poetry Glossary
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Chorus - a part of a song or poem recurring at intervals
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Couplets - Two lines of poetry, one after the other, that rhyme and are of the same length
and rhythm. For example, “I do not like green eggs and ham. / I do not like them Sam I Am.”
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Prose - the ordinary language people use in speaking or writing
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Quatrain - A four-line poem or stanza.
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Refrain - A phrase, line, or stanza that is repeated throughout a poem, often after each stanza.
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Syllable - A part of a word, usually a vowel and it’s surrounding consonants, that makes a single
sound when spoken. All words have at least one syllable. For example, cat, I, and would are all
one syllable long because they are spoken with a single movement of the
mouth. Cattle, eyeball, and wouldn’t are all two syllables because they require two separate
sounds to be spoken.
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Stanzas - A group of lines in a poem, separated by space from other stanzas, much like a
paragraph in prose
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Tercet - A group of three lines that rhyme with one another, or are connected to another
tercet by their rhyme scheme.
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Verse - Verse has several meanings, including:
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A line of a poem
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A poem
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Poetry in general, especially metrical poetry
Be sure to check
out poetry for kids
for a complete
poetry dictionary
Credits & Teaching Links
Unfortunately I did not have space on each slide to add the title and
author of every poem. The links below will take you to the source. All
other poems have been written by myself or are credited as anonymous.
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Buck Withers
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A Good Day
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The Monsoon
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Black
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Sunrise
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Villanelle
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Hard Money
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Pantoum
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The Turkey Ballad
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Monody
Quality links for teaching poetry
• http://www.poetry4kids.com/
• http://www.gigglepoetry.com/poetryclass.a
spx
• http://www.poetryfoundation.org/learning/r
esources
• http://www.poetryarchive.org/articles/linkspoetry-resources-teaching-and-learning
• http://www.poetry4kids.com/links
Narrations by Alan Munro
Curriculum Links
The Poetry Powerpack aligns with the following Common Core Standards in the following areas. - Anchor Standards for Reading (RL.9-10, RL.11-12)
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Key Ideas and Details
1. Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support
conclusions drawn from the text. 2. Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas. 3.
Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.
Craft and Structure
4. Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word
choices shape meaning or tone. 5. Analyze the structure of texts, including how specific sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text (e.g., a section,
chapter, scene, or stanza) relate to each other and the whole. 6. Assess how point of view or purpose shapes the content and style of a text.
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
7. Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse formats and media, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words. 8. Delineate and evaluate the
argument and specific claims in a text, including the validity of the reasoning as well as the relevance and sufficiency of the evidence. 9. Analyze how two or
more texts address similar themes or topics in order to build knowledge or to compare the approaches the authors take.
Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
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10. Read and comprehend complex literary and informational texts independently and proficiently.
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Anchor Standards for Language (L.9-10, L.11-12)
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Knowledge of Language
3. Apply knowledge of language to understand how language functions in different contexts, to make effective choices for meaning or style, and to comprehend
more fully when reading or listening.
Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
4. Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases by using context clues, analyzing meaningful word parts, and consulting
general and specialized reference materials, as appropriate. 5. Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word
meanings.
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